Thinking Machines Corporation

Thinking Machines Corporation was an American company founded in 1983 by Danny Hillis, a pioneer in parallel processing computers. The company's primary innovation was the Connection Machine, a massively parallel computer system designed to mimic the way the human brain processes information through the interaction of numerous simple processors. This approach differed from traditional supercomputers that relied on a few powerful processors. The Connection Machine was significantly cheaper to build than existing supercomputers of comparable power. While initially conceived to explore the nature of intelligence, it quickly became a commercial venture. Thinking Machines filed for bankruptcy in 1994.12